Ample flavor at Floyd’s

The menu: is divided into sections that perfectly epitomize Cajun seafood and Texas Steak. Under the LAGNIAppetizers (clever, right?) be sure to try the Floyd’s bar trash with blackened shrimp and crab meat for $10.95.

Of course there are gumbos, bisque, and beans, then your fried seafood and bayou favorites. I love that this place has everything from red beans and rice to marinated crab fingers to frog legs to seafood jambalaya. This is true Cajun, y’all.

The West of the Sabine section (man, they are clever) is for the meat lovers. You’ll find a 16 oz Texas ribeye steak for $22.95, served with a baked potato. Or how about a blackened chicken, three grilled shrimp and red beans and rice?

Under the catch of the day choose from flounder, snapper, grouper, mahi or tuna all sold at market price and served with potatoes Floyd and veggies. Add to any entrée for $6.95 something from the “good on da top section” — like Ponchartrain sauce or the La Paz sauce, a cream base with avocado. Yes, please.

Prices: At lunchtime, you can get a ½ poboy with fries for $6.95 or the broiled flounder with veggies for about $15.95, depending on market value. The Floyd’s famous seafood salad with lump crabmeat and shrimp is $15.95, and a cup of chicken and sausage gumbo is $4.50.

The fried catfish dinner is $11.95 and the 20 oz Texas T-bone with baked potato is $23.95.

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Recommendations: My fellow diner, aka my mom, ordered the blackened catfish and enjoyed it thoroughly. Another dining partner, Lucy, ordered the fried alligator and the whole table gobbled it up rather quickly. It was melt-in-your-mouth.

And yes, it does taste like chicken.

Be sure to dip it in the delicious buttery cream sauce with which it’s served.

Don’t miss: The red beans and rice. I know it’s something all of our mama’s and grandma’s make at home, but trust me; these will probably stand strongly next to theirs. Try it and tell me if I’m wrong.

The drink situation: A full bar including a nice selection of domestic and import beers plus wine by the glass and bottle will surely meet your every need.

How about a Cajun bloody Mary served with a celery stick and a boiled shrimp? Yes, I think so.

Atmosphere: This is a large place that still retains the cozy comfy feel of a true Texas steakhouse, with ambient Cajun influences. There’s hot sauce and Tony’s on the table.

Plus, there’s a great bar area perfect to visit during Happy Hour.

Extras and Specials: And speaking of Happy Hour, come by from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and get $1 off your Bloody Mary or margarita. And since it is oyster season, make sure you try some raw oysters. All they need are some cocktail sauce, lemon juice and a Saltine cracker. Perfect.

The lunch menu is great as well — order the chicken and sausage jambalaya for $9.95 and just the lunch portion will be enough jambalaya for days.

The verdict: Floyd’s is pretty much the ideal example of why we should appreciate living in Southeast Texas.